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Posted on 3/17/14 at 3:34 pm to tgrbaitn08
I summered on a production platform 7&7 during college and we only got paid 12 hrs a day....we only worked about 12 minutes a day so i called it even 
Posted on 3/17/14 at 3:35 pm to yellowfin
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we only worked about 12 minutes a day so i called it even
I was still pissed to be out there for 24.
Posted on 3/17/14 at 3:35 pm to yellowfin
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we only worked about 12 minutes a day so i called it even
yep not much a kid can do on a production platform. shite, not much anyone can do on a production platform
Posted on 3/17/14 at 3:36 pm to N2cars
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Times are good, money's flowing like water, everybody loves everybody.
This is the oilfield, that shite'll turn on a dime.
Be smart, go finish and get the degree.
That way, you won't be the first one run off.
I know exactly what you mean. I've been fortunate to get on with a company that does a lot of work outside of O&G so hopefully if shite were to hit the fan we would have work on the municipal side.
I do plan on finishing though, I only have 30 hours or so left.
Posted on 3/17/14 at 3:37 pm to Corkfather
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I do plan on finishing though
Good deal, man.
Wasn't trying to be a dick at all, but I have many friends that have been through the cycles.
Posted on 3/17/14 at 3:38 pm to N2cars
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I was still pissed to be out there for 24.
I was a 19 year old kid and all my friends were drinking beer and banging sluts while I was out there.....it sucked
Posted on 3/17/14 at 3:41 pm to yellowfin
I made 6 dollars an hour at Arby's one summer in high school. My pockets were JINGLIN WIT DA MONIE
Posted on 3/17/14 at 3:41 pm to Chris Farley
quote:No shite but middle class is a subjective category (which is why we are discussing it) not a mathematical calculation. The lower class greatly outnumbers the higher classes.
Median is the exact middle.
Posted on 3/17/14 at 3:41 pm to N2cars
I've seen it happen multiple times as well, I know how it works. I also recognize the importance of a degree but I needed to get my shite together and going to work in the oilfield is how I accomplished that. I started out as a frickin water transfer hand, now I'm traveling the world pushing buttons.
Things are finally slowing down and I'm in a position where someone will pay me to finish.
Things are finally slowing down and I'm in a position where someone will pay me to finish.
This post was edited on 3/17/14 at 3:42 pm
Posted on 3/17/14 at 3:41 pm to Hoyt
When will people learn that income does not necessarily equal class because cost of living is different everywhere. Someone making $250,000/year in Ascension Parish is roughly equivalent to someone making over a million in New York City due to the cost of living being so much less in ruralish Louisiana. It's a sliding scale. Upper middle class is like the owner of a successful small business, an executive of a medium sized business, a successful doctor, dentist, or lawyer, ect.
Posted on 3/17/14 at 3:41 pm to TexasTiger39
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poverty line is about $19k a year
average individual income is around 40k
average family income is about 80k
average household income around 70k
so upper middle class is probably around 100-120k per family/household income
upper middle for individual is probably around 65-70k
but yet there was a thread a while back asking what people on this board made a year and I would say over half claimed they made 150k plus per year...
Posted on 3/17/14 at 3:41 pm to Hoyt
It's all relative.
I don't think you can place a number on it, as the dollar goes farther in some parts of the country than in others and many people enjoy upper class lifestyles that they can't afford...thus look wealthier than they actually are.
I don't think you can place a number on it, as the dollar goes farther in some parts of the country than in others and many people enjoy upper class lifestyles that they can't afford...thus look wealthier than they actually are.
Posted on 3/17/14 at 3:44 pm to Hoyt
80-100k middle class
120ish-150k upper middle
150-200k well off
200-300k upper class
Something close to these figures.
120ish-150k upper middle
150-200k well off
200-300k upper class
Something close to these figures.
Posted on 3/17/14 at 3:46 pm to tigerswin03
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but yet there was a thread a while back asking what people on this board made a year and I would say over half claimed they made 150k plus per year...
people lie on the internet, sorry to be the one to break it to you
Posted on 3/17/14 at 3:47 pm to SabiDojo
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400k net
that is some bank. hell 4hundo gross is doing pretty well if you don't live in CA or Manhattan
Posted on 3/17/14 at 3:48 pm to dewster
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It's all relative.
I don't think you can place a number on it, as the dollar goes farther in some parts of the country than in others and many people enjoy upper class lifestyles that they can't afford...thus look wealthier than they actually are.
Those places (NYC, etc.) are the exception, not the rule. I lived in Manhattan and made almost $70k doing a job that paid me $13/hr in NOLA. I left because it still wasn't enough, which was due mostly to my immaturity, but the $12 packs of cigarettes and $10 slices didn't help.
This post was edited on 3/17/14 at 3:50 pm
Posted on 3/17/14 at 3:48 pm to dewster
You can put a number on it. But that figure isn't a dollar amount, it's a percent. Mostly dependent on the cost of living in your area. If the median family income in your area is $28k/yr and your household brings in $90k/yr, chances are (depending on your debt) you are borderline upper middle. If you live in California in an area where your family makes $120k per year but the median is $85k, well, you're probably not living on the cusp of luxury.
Posted on 3/17/14 at 3:48 pm to RBWilliams8
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RBWilliams8
Queue someone calling you out for saying that anything less than 80k is lower class...
Posted on 3/17/14 at 3:49 pm to saderade
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No shite but middle class is a subjective category (which is why we are discussing it) not a mathematical calculation. The lower class greatly outnumbers the higher classes.
Well income disparity in the US is a whole different conversation. I was looking at it from a purely statistical standpoint, calling "middle" class the actual middle.
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